Siege of Madrid

When

8 Nov 1936 – 23 Nov 1936

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

40.42° N, 3.69° W

Description

1936–39 siege during Spanish Civil War

Part of the Spanish Civil War

The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). The city, besieged from October 1936, fell to the Nationalist armies on 28 March 1939.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Гражданская война в Испании: войска Франсиско Франко вышли к предместьям Мадрида”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Spanish Civil War17 Jul 1936 · Civil war · Deaths 440,000